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How Recycling Has Become a Largely Empty Gesture

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How Recycling Has Become a Largely Empty Gesture

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How Recycling Has Become a Largely Empty Gesture | naked capitalism

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Corporations sold Americans on the chasing arrows — while stripping the recycling logo of its worth.

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How people got sold recycling works:

♻️. It all goes in a cycle. Circular Economy. Green = natural = good. No waste. Yay!

How corporations actually define “recycling”:

https://www.sika.com/en/knowledge-hub/can-concrete-be-recycled.html

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